While Australia never suffered the extreme examples of Internet domain mania seen in the US, it seems many local registrars are still prepared to go to extreme lengths to secure desirable domains.
An international political spat is brewing over whether the United Nations will seize control of the heart of the Internet.
The Australian Communications Authority has released a draft format for a planned auction of valuable commercial phone numbers which will see it avoid the problems that plagued the auction of generic domain names last year.
The Australian domain name industry is trumpeting the success of yesterdays release to the public of .au generic domain names, but controversy has already arisen around the process.
Over half of the generic .au domain names offered in the latest general release were sold in 15 minutes this morning - with some buyers likely to have paid up to several times more than they would have at a recent domain name auction.
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